Barbara Labuda

Barbara Lidia Labuda (née Ciesielska) (born 1946) is a Polish politician, activist, diplomat, and philologist. She was elected to the Contract Sejm, and was a member of the Sejm until 1996, when she became a minister in the Chancellery of President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. From 2005 to 2010, she was the Polish ambassador to Luxembourg.

Barbara Labuda
NationalityPolish
Occupations
  • Politician
  • Activist
  • Philologist
  • Diplomat
Awards

Life and work

In 1970, Labuda graduated from the Institute of Romance Philology at the University of Wrocław.[1] From 1970 to 1973, Labuda studied the history of literature, political science and sociology at the University of Paris.[1] She completed a doctorate in 1984.[1]

From 1973 until 1981, Labuda was an activist with the Polish Socialist Youth Union, and was also involved with the Workers' Defence Committee and the Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR.[1] In 1980 she also began to work with the Polish trade union Solidarity.[1]

In 1989, Labuda became a researcher at the Institute of Romance Philology at the University of Wrocław.[1] That year she was also elected to the Contract Sejm for the Solidarity Citizens' Committee.[1] She was elected again in 1991 and 1993 representing the Polish Democratic Union, and in 1994 she became a member of the Polish Freedom Union.[1] During this time she was the founder of the Parliamentary Group of Women.[1]

In 1996 Labuda became an undersecretary in the Chancellery of the President of Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and in 1998 she became secretary of state.[1] From 2005 to 2010, Labuda was the Polish ambassador to Luxembourg.[2]

In 2019, Labuda headed the support committee for the Polish political party Spring.[3] In 2020, Labuda was a member of the Consultative Council.[4]

In 2004, Labuda was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour from the Government of France.[5] In 2011, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[6]

In 2005, Labuda published the book Poszukiwania (Searches).[7]

Awards
  • Knight's Cross, Order of the Legion of Honour (2004)
  • Officer's Cross, Order of Polonia Restituta (2011)

References
  1. Borowski, Adam (March 31, 2017). "Barbara Lidia Labuda" (in Polish). Encyklopedia Solidarności. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. Podgórska, Joanna (April 6, 2011). "Rozmowa z Barbarą Labudą". Polityka (in Polish). Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. "Konwencja programowa Wiosny. Biedroń przedstawił swoje propozycje". Wydarzenia. April 4, 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  4. Czarnacka, Agata (2020-11-01). "13 postulatów Strajku Kobiet. O co walczą?" [Women's Strike's thirteen demands. What are they fighting for?]. Polityka (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  5. "Udział Prezydenta RP w uroczystości wręczenia Minister Barbarze Labudzie insygniów Orderu Kawalera Legii Honorowej" (in Polish). President of Poland. September 7, 2004. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  6. "M.P. 2011 nr 84 poz. 866" (in Polish). Government of Poland. June 28, 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  7. "Poszukiwania". Allegro. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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